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the result of the review shall be the basis of the endorsement of the VP RDET to the
Office of the University President;

7. The applicant shall be informed by the Office of the President regarding the approval or
disapproval of his/her application. If disapproved, the applicant will not be allowed to
go and present his/her paper. If approved, the following policies shall apply:

a. If support from external sources was obtained by the applicant and the conference
will be abroad, he/she will be provided a Travel Authority (TA) and will be given local
travel support by the University. Otherwise, if the conference is held within the
country, the appropriate Travel Order (TO) shall be issued, also with the local travel
support.

b. If the request is for financial support, he/she will provided the amount needed or a
part thereof based on the amount requested, or as recommended by the VP RDET,
subject to the availability of funds. Support may include: round trip economy air fare
and the registration fee; a fixed living allowance may be provided, as approved by
the President.

c. The grantee is responsible for travel arrangements (TA or TO, obtaining visa, permits,
tickets, etc.);

d. A maximum of two paper presentations in a national conference and one paper
presentation in an international conference per College shall be supported by the
University.

8. Within one month after return from a conference, the grantee shall submit the following
to the Office of the VP RDET:

a. A certification of proof of paper presentation (Certificate of paper presentation or
recognition, aside from the Certificate of Attendance) in the conference;

b. A Travel Report indicating highlights of the conference, observations, lessons learned
and recommendations on how ISU can improved on its participation in international
conferences;

9. Within six months after the conference, the paper shall be presented in a University
program organized by the University RDET Office. A bi-annual presentation forum shall
be held for the purpose. All paper presenters in international conferences for the past
six months or so shall present papers in the University forum.

Support for Publication of Scientific Papers

The University shall provide support for the publication of research outputs in internationally

2 The Thomson Reuters maintains three citation indices: (1) Science Citation Index Expanded, (2) Social Science
Citation Index, and (3) Arts and Humanities Citation Index). Also, the SciVerse Scopus citation index has another
database of scientific journals.

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